Please read at least one of these sources about how Elon Musk's new V2 #Starlink is destroying radio astronomy.
Folks, this isn't funny. It's tragic. We are blinding ourselves to the heavens.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4dnr8zemgo
“...very soon the only constellations we will see will be human-made,”
https://www.astron.nl/starlink-satellites/
"Humanity is clearly approaching an inflexion point where we need to take action to preserve our sky as a window to explore the Universe from Earth."
https://mastodon.social/@sundogplanets/113158718982265375
Elon Musk's Starlink satellites 'blocking' view of the universe
Radio waves from the satellites are "blinding" radio telescopes and hurting research, say scientists.Georgina Rannard (BBC News)
Oh look, Starlink is continuing to screw up the sky in every way possible."Second-Generation Starlink Satellites Leak 30 Times More Radio Interference, Threatening Astronomical Observations"
https://www.astron.nl/starlink-satellites/
It's going to be "hilarious" when Starlink messes up the radio sky so badly that radio astronomers can't even use quasars to calibrate GPS anymore. There are so many consequences from all these stupid, cheaply built, disposable satellites. https://www.universetoday.com/105160/navigating-the-cosmos-by-quasar/
Navigating the Cosmos by Quasar - Universe Today
50 million light-years away a quasar resides in the hub of galaxy NGC 4438, an incredibly bright source of light and radiation that’s the result of a supermassive black hole actively feeding on nearby gas and dust (and pretty much anything else that …Jason Major (Universe Today)
